The shooting of a dog in the back yard of a near-Westside home by a Colorado Springs officer is raising questions among residents about how police fight crime in their neighborhood.

The Cleo Wallace Center escaped criminal charges stemming from an August incident that broke a 14-year-old patients back. But the center is still the target of a state investigation to determine whether it will retain its license to operate.

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Bill Clinton as kicked over another Western beehive by ordering the U.S. Forest Service to examine the 40 million to 60 million acres of national forest land that remain unroaded. But the ensuing debate is an opportunity, not a threat.